Iraq power vacuum: acting PM steps aside after designated successor quits

Iraq's acting prime minister said on Monday he was standing down from most of his duties and called for early elections, one day after the man who had been designated to become premier withdrew his candidacy.The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi deepened a power vacuum and further complicated Iraq's faltering efforts to deal with mass unrest, a reawakening Islamic State and a spreading coronavirus infection.Abdul Mahdi, who was pushed out by protests but had stayed on tempora